The Current‘s entertainment crew recently stopped by Ristra at 230 Washington St. in Hoboken to talk to a few people and make new friends.Here’s what they had to say:
Ristra’s bartender
Name: Ivy
From: Rutherford
Status: Taken
Favorite drink: Half and half
What is your favorite type of music?
"Anything with lots of energy."
What is your weirdest experience at a bar or a club?
"Got kicked in the nose with at a club in Newark two years ago."
What is your favorite movie?
The Mists of Avalon
What is the last book you read?
My Soul Is Rested by Howell Raines
What is your favorite memory of the ’80s?
"Molly Ringwald movies."
What three things can’t you live without?
"Coffee, friends, art of all kinds."
What celebrity do you look like?
Nobody
Last words:
"If you always worry about dying you can never live."
Name: Lisa Bernstein
From: Hoboken
Status: Dating
Favorite drink: Red wine
What kind of music do you like?
"Norah Jones, Billy Joel."
What is your weirdest experience at a bar or a club?
"Saw two guys get arrested at a bar in Staten Island."
What is your favorite movie?
The Shawshank Redemption
What is the last book you read?
The Bridge Across Forever by Richard Bach
What is your favorite memory of the ’80s?
"Listening to Duran Duran."
What three things can’t you live without?
"People, playing guitar, love."
What celebrity do you look like?
Neve Campbell
Last words:
"Be true to yourself."
Name: Shereen Elshinawy
From: Lyndhurst
Status: Single
Favorite drink: Long Iced Tea
What kind of music do you like?
"R&B."
What is your weirdest experience at a bar or a club?
"I was kicked out of a Hoboken bar in November."
What is your favorite movie?
She’s All That
What is the last book you read?
Stupid White Men by Michael Moore
What is your favorite memory of the ’80s?
"Madonna’s Material Girl."
What three things can’t you live without?
"Music, car, lip gloss."
What celebrity do you look like?
Jamie Lynn Sigler
Last words:
"Keep it moving."
Name: Jose Sarao
From: Union
Status: Single/Dating
Favorite drink: milk
What kind of music do you like?
"Rap."
What is your weirdest experience at a bar or a club?
"A girl came up to me in Atlantic City and said I should be a model."
What is your favorite movie?
Titanic
What is the last book you read?
My college organic chemistry book
What is your favorite memory of the ’80s?
"G.I. Joe."
What three things can’t you live without?
"Car, money, girls."
What celebrity do you look like?
Tony Parker
Last words:
"What’s really, really good."